Monday, April 25, 2005

Trevor was pushing his bike in front of me on the way to the park today. One little part of the sidewalk is messed up where there is a 2 inch rise. After Trevor walked over it, he stopped, looked back, and asked me if I needed help.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Trevor loves Rice Krispy Treats. I think part of the draw for him is what he calls them...Christmas Treats.

This morning, he told his dad that he wanted a Christmas treat. His dad told him, "first of all, you need to say please." So, Trevor asked for a Christmas Treat "please." Then dad said, "Secondly, it's Rice Kris-py Treats, not Christmas Treats." He clearly enunciated each syllable. So, Trevor gave it a try, "Rice Christ-mas Treats," clearly enunciating each syllable.

Trevor got up and went downstairs this morning. In the diaper bag, he found a condom (packed there since our last vacation.) He brought it up to me while I was getting ready for work. I said to him, "what do you have there?" He told me, "it's a fruit snack!"

Later, his dad called me at work because Trevor had woken up from a nap and was convinced I was home somewhere. I told him I was at work, and then I asked where he was. "I'm in Chicago" he tells me. He prounounces it 'cago, but I knew what he meant.

We got a new bike for Trevor. It might be a few centimeters too big for him, but he still really loves it.

He pushed the bike all the way to the park, all the while wearing his bike helmut. Safety First! We asked, "Trevor, do you want to ride the bike." He replied, "No, Mommy, I just want to push it." Sometimes, he added that he wanted to "push it to Chicago."

Saturday, April 16, 2005

We're getting a babysitter and going out tonight! The babysitter is Tina, one of Trevor's daycare teachers. Early in the day, I tried to get him excited about the evening by saying, "Guess who's coming to see you tonight?" His happy response? "Santa Claus!"

We had friends over tonight, and they have a little girl about 6 months older than Trevor. They had great fun chasing each other all over the house, but he kept trying to get her into bed. They were playing on the bed in the guestroom, and we finally chased them out of there after they (they being Trevor, I think) knocked a picture off the wall. So, he took his little friend up to his bedroom. After playing up there for a few minutes, we heard him say, "do you want some lotion?" Always a very sensitive young man, that Trevor. And, it was more like, "do you want some wotion?"

Later in the evening, he pulled the nail clippers out of the end table drawer and offered to clip her nails. Daddy got there just in time and prevented a horrible end to such a pleasant evening.

Background: At daycare, Trevor has learned "5 little monkeys". The words to this song are:5 Little monkeys jumping on the bedOne fell off and bumped his headMommy called the doctor, the doctor said,"No More monkeys jump on bed."

Trevor has recently learned to climb onto the counter tops. Climbing on the countertops often leads to time-outs.